[UK]Trans Beauty Queen Stripped of Title For Not Being ‘Trans Enough’
Last year 23 year old transgender woman Jai Dara Latto, from Walkerburn in Scotland, was crowned as the winner of the Miss Transgender UK competition. Now, however, she has been stripped of her title by the woman who runs Mis Transgender UK, Rachael Bailey, after claiming that Jai is not infact transgender.

[Russia]Russia nationalizing treatment of gender and sexual orientation disorders
A new unheralded regulation is in the works to medically rehabilitate Russians suffering from gender dysphoria and sexual orientation dysfunction. This regulation would install one ‘sexologist’ per 250,000 residents, in existing reproductive centers. But there’s strong disagreement amongst advocacy groups over the intended purpose and scope of the regulation.

[Australia] ACT to allow gender non-specific birth certificates
As part of the new laws, couples can choose between “parent 1” and “parent 2”, “mother” and “mother”, “father” and “father”, or “mother” and “father” on the birth certificate of their newborn.

[USA]Transgender people serving in US military report few mental, physical health problems
A new study shows that transgender active-duty U.S. military personnel report few lifetime mental and physical health problems. These findings challenge the current policy of excluding transgender persons from enlisting in the U.S. military or discharging them based on the presumption that they are unfit to serve due to their mental or physical health, according to the authors of the study published in Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available open access on the Transgender Health website.

[USA]Andreja Pejic Romper El Tabú Breaking the Taboo, so apropos
Trans super-model Andreja Pejic taboo-defying Marie Clare cover defied doubters who said she lost her uniqueness after transitioning. The @marieclaire_es byline on the cover accompanying her image Andreja Pejic Romper El Tabú Breaking the Taboo is just so apropos.

[NE, USA]NSAA gender proposal clears small hurdle
A proposal to require high school students to participate in sports according to the gender on their birth certificates passed a small hurdle Wednesday, but its ultimate success is far from guaranteed.

[NY, USA]Harlem Rallies in Support of Trans Woman Assaulted on D Train
As arctic air descended on New York the evening of February 12, a crowd numbering several dozen gathered at the corner of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue to show support for Jennifer Louise Lopez, a transgender rights activist who was assaulted by another woman shouting anti-trans slurs on the uptown D train two weeks earlier.